Rules of expiation - Verse 4
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 30 · Verse 4
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Sanskrit Original
वेदार्थवित्तमः शान्तो धर्मकामो ऽग्निमान द्विजः। स एव स्यात परो धर्मो यमेको ऽपि व्यवस्यति।।
vedārthavittamaḥ śānto dharmakāmo 'gnimān dvijaḥ| sa eva syāt paro dharmo yameko 'pi vyavasyati||
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What a quiescent Brahmana, who is the most excel¬ lent among the knowers of the meanings of the Vedas, who loves dharma (virtue) and who maintains (sacrificial) fires, does, shall be the greatest virtue even if it be that he alone performs it.